Aug 25 - Day 237. We are Justified by Faith. Romans 5.1-2

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” (Romans 5:1-2)

Approach prayer with confidence, knowing that God will affirm your faith.

Transcript

Good morning, good morning, good morning, everyone. Today, I want to give God thanks for another day. And I want to celebrate God each and every day.

And I want to thank Him for who He is and what He has done for us. So welcome each and every one of you to another episode of our EBC Prayer Podcast. I hope your day is off to a wonderful start, because I know you have a great desire for the Lord to even listen to this prayer podcast and to pray.

And because of that, we can celebrate God every day. Remember, I am your host. I am Dr. Victoria Haddad, the First Lady of Elyon Bible Church, Apostolic in New Jersey.

Today is August 25th, 2037 day of the year. And God is still doing wonderful things in our life. So we're going to approach our prayer time with the Lord with confidence.

And we're going to hold on to God and to know that he's a faithful God who have great things in store for us. Our scripture today will be taken from Romans 5 verses 1 and 2. And it reads, Therefore, having been justified by “faith, we have peace with God to our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom also we have access by faith, into this grace in which we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Today, we have so much to give God thanks for. His faith, his grace, his hope is beyond measure. So let us pray with confidence.

Don't you give up on God, because God will not give up on us. So let us pray. Dear everlasting Father, our wonderful God, our holy God, our righteous God, our everlasting God, our Savior and our Redeemer, Father, we come before you with joyful heart, approaching your throne of grace with a heart full of gratitude.

Deeply, Lord God, honoring and appreciating all your boundless mercy towards us, that you are extending upon us each and every day. Lord, we thank you for all that you have done in our life, all that you're still doing in our life, where you have brought us from. God, and where we are today is beyond measure.

Lord God, eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, neither have we fully entered our heart at things that you have in store “for us. And so Lord, here we are today. Fully, fully Lord God reaching out to you, asking for help, asking for guidance and protection as we go through this day, asking for your divine will to be accomplished in our life.

Lord, we don't want to give up on you. We have doubt you for too long. Oh, Father God, so today here we are, God, asking for peace, grace and mercy, asking for love.

Lord, you are reminding us in your word, you say having been justified by fate, we have peace with God, you are Lord Jesus Christ. Lord, you have justified us, help us to have faith in you, God. Oh, Father God, so that our faith God can bring peace, God, and understanding and growth and spiritual maturity.

And Lord God, where we can get to that place, God, where we're not doubtful, God. Father God, we have seen that peace, sometimes we're not comfortable, we're not peaceful like we should. At times we doubt, Lord God.

At times, Lord God, with God, we are driven by the issues of life. At times, peace is not resting fully in our heart like it should. “But Lord God, help us to have faith in you, not doubt, do not give up on you, not get distracted, God, by the things of God.

But to hope in the God in whom we serve, to have faith in the God in whom we serve, the faith that passes all understanding, so that God, our day, can be a peaceful day. Help us, Lord God. We don't want a distracted day.

We don't want an unpleasurable day. We want a joyful day. So Lord, we are trusting and praying to you and having faith in you that you will protect us, you will keep us safe, you will give us peace as we go through this day, you will give us joy and understanding and encouraging.

Oh God, and that you God will take care of every issues of our life God, so that we don't doubt you and we don't give up on you. But God will grow more like you. You said, Lord God, who we also have access by faith into his grace in which we stand.

Lord God, it's because of your grace while we are here today, it's because of your grace “God that we can glorify and honor you. And so God, you're encouraging us to rejoice in hope and the glory of you. Oh, Father God, so here we are God, praying with assurance and rejoicing.

Let this be a rejoiceful day. Let this be an encouraging day. Let this be a day God where we can fully celebrate you.

A day God where we can truly honor you. A day God where we can give you all the glory that's due on to your holy name. A day God where we don't get distracted, where we don't give up on you.

But help us to rejoice in everything we do, in everything we say. To have joy and hope in the God in whom we serve. To have faith in God and to have peace as we go through this day.

That's your desire for us. That's your desire for us, Lord God, and to put things of this world over you. Know God, that's your desire, God, for us to be an example to others so others can see God moving in our life and glorify you, God.

“Help us, Lord God, to share this good news of salvation with everyone we meet, God. To be a living example and a witness, God, in our life, Lord God, in our home, in our job, in our community, God, in our churches, God, in our relationship, God, in our family, in everything that we do and say, God, let it be pleasing to you because you want us to be justified by your faith. You want us to have peace, God, because you are God who will pass it all understanding.

You want us to have assurance in you, God, to have faith in you, to know that you are graceful, God, a God of grace, God. And you want us to be graceful as well. You want us to rejoice in the hope of God and give glory unto your holy name.

Lord God, let this be the day that we celebrate in all of those eras and rejoice in all of those eras and please you in your mighty, wonderful, and holy name we pray. Amen. Thank you, Lord.

Thank you, Father. Thank you, Savior. And thank you, Redeemer.

Hallelujah. I want to encourage everyone